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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1745: TO REQUIRE CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE HOLDERS TO POSSESS A UNITED STATES WORK AUTHORIZATION; TO REQUIRE THE OPERATOR OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE TO HAVE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; AND TO CREATE RELATED OFFENSES.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1745 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO REQUIRE CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE HOLDERS TO POSSESS A UNITED STATES WORK AUTHORIZATION; TO REQUIRE THE OPERATOR OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE TO HAVE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; AND TO CREATE RELATED OFFENSES. Primary sponsor: Kim Hammer (Republican), R.J. Hawk (Republican). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 14, 2025): Notification that HB1745 is now Act 604.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kim HammerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate16
R.J. HawkPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Justin BoydCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Keith BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Josh BryantCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Joey CarrCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse34
Tyler DeesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate35
Les EavesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Brian EvansCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
GilmoreCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brad HallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Dolly HenleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Mike HolcombCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Jon MilliganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Jason NazarenkoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Stetson PainterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Aaron PilkingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Bart SchulzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
DeAnn VaughtCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Notification that HB1745 is now Act 604
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  3. TO BE ENROLLED
  4. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
  5. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1
  6. Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE
  7. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
  8. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
  9. Read the third time and passed.
  10. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  11. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  12. Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source